Because rather than being able to export, companies would have made less profit, their price on the stock exchange would have been lower, they would have had to pay less in salaries, the cost of houses in Canada would have dropped and the TSE 300 index would have dropped.
Parce qu'au lieu d'être capables d'exporter, les entreprises auraient fait moins de profits, leur prix en bourse aurait été plus bas, elles auraient été obligées de payer moins de salaires, le prix des maisons au Canada aurait baissé et l'indice TSE 300 aurait baissé.